Hunt says bill for infected blood compensation may be very large

Hunt says bill for infected blood compensation may be very large Final compensation for victims of the infected blood scandal could end up costing "very, very large sums of money," the chancellor has said.

Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt was giving evidence to the public inquiry into what has been labelled the worst treatment disaster in NHS history.

He said the government had accepted the moral case for compensation.

But he said no final decisions could be made before the inquiry publishes its findings later this year. BBC News